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| 2006-06-14 |
| Katherine Jean Lopez at National Review posts this gem from her inbox: Dear EmailNation Subscriber, We know that cruises aren't for everyone but Nation publisher emeritus Victor Navasky and The Nation want to invite you on The Nation's ninth annual seminar cruise. Setting sail from Fort Lauderdale on December 16, the Holland America's MS Zuiderdam will cruise through the Caribbean on a seven-day tour, returning to Florida on December 23. Yes, seven days of sun, seasickness, seething, and solidarity with the working class on a cruise ship that's priced out of reach of the proletariat! The dates have been selected to allow families and educators to make the trip. You'll be joining a distinguished group of speakers who will participate in a series of lectures, seminars, conversations and (top secret CIA agent--shhhhh! don't tell anyone he's aboard!) Scott Ritter, (youth counselor) Steve Earle, (washed-up drug-addled folk singer) Jane Smiley, (whodat? Did she invent the Wal-Mart smiley face icon or something?) Jonathan Kozol, (rich guy who writes about poor people) Molly Ivins, (former pro wrestler) the Rev. Lennox Yearwood, (whoever the hell he is, he has the coolest name of the bunch) and Jim Hightower (alleged radio personality) as well as Nation writers David Corn and Katha Pollitt and RadioNation host Laura Flanders. They'll join Navasky and Nation editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel in what has always been both an enlightening exchange of ideas and a no-hassle, Best Regards, Peter Rothberg, The Nation Imagine: a whole boatload of moonbats. Any chance we can get them to do an audience-participation reenactment of The Poseidon Adventure -- or at least Gilligan's Island? |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #20 Das Boot II: the Carribean Caper. (OK, a guy can dream a little, can't he?) |
| Posted by: Mike 2006-06-14 23:20 |
| #19 The hate is free and flowing. Just in this for the X-Mas spirit |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-06-14 23:09 |
| #18 Mike, there just might be if Al Bore shows up for a Global Climate change speech. His timing is priceless for those speeches. |
| Posted by: BA 2006-06-14 23:04 |
| #17 Jane Smiley. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2006-06-14 21:13 |
| #16 There's no icebergs in the Carribean, are there? |
| Posted by: Mike 2006-06-14 21:07 |
| #15 Cyber Sarge is my newest hero! |
| Posted by: Raj 2006-06-14 20:56 |
| #14 Scottie Ritter goes to sea? I'll be praying for head winds, heavy gales, storms, and generally fowl weather. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-06-14 20:55 |
| #13 "more bedsheets in all cabins" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-06-14 20:49 |
| #12 But will they follow through, Kalle? That's the important question. ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-06-14 20:45 |
| #11 After November these people will all be suicidal. |
| Posted by: Kalle 2006-06-14 20:34 |
| #10 Put me down for a donation to help pay for that trip, Sarge! ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-06-14 20:31 |
| #9 Pure brilliance, CS, pure brilliance. |
| Posted by: Matt 2006-06-14 20:31 |
| #8 Put more ballast on the right, cuz all the passengers are on the left. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2006-06-14 20:30 |
| #7 Cyber Sarge, damn....where the hell were you when I was single? ;) |
| Posted by: Desert Blondie 2006-06-14 20:24 |
| #6 Memo to crew of the MS Zuiderdam: Don't base your Christmas shopping plans on planning for big tips from this one. Got a feeling it won't be too... lucrative. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-06-14 20:21 |
| #5 lol CS - I'll pay part of your entry fare |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-06-14 19:40 |
| #4 I really am half-tempted to sign up. I would start drinking after I woke, stagger from hatefest-to-hatefest, cast dispersions on Valerie Plames’ honor, and take a poke at Ritter. And that is just my day one activities! Day two I would bag me a couple of LLL m0onb@+ chicks after the (champagne reinforced) breakfast buffet, take another swing at Ritter, and then pee on David Corns’ leg in the men’s room. Day three I accuse Jonathan Kozol of providing kids for Scott Ritter, take a swing at Steve Earle (Ritter avoids me by now), and throw Jane Smiley overboard. Day four David Corn offers to refund my passage if I leave quietly. I accept his offer then call him a “pussy” as I disembark in Belize with enough cash to party for a week. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2006-06-14 19:18 |
| #3 So how much does this holiday in Hell cost, and does it include all the booze you can swill? |
| Posted by: Desert Blondie 2006-06-14 18:55 |
| #2 Load aft tubes 4 and 6. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2006-06-14 18:37 |
| #1 Reenactment? How about "Sink the Bismarck!"? |
| Posted by: PBMcL 2006-06-14 18:26 |